Bonds went 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored in his four
plate appearances on Thursday and is 2-for-14 with 10 walks
since clubbing home run No. 754 against Florida on Friday. He
remains one shy of tying Hank Aaron's all-time record.

"He should hit it (No. 755) at home," Giants pitcher Steve Kline
said. "That city has been so good to him, the fans love him up
there. He should hit it where they'll fully appreciate him."

The seven-time National League MVP, who was lifted for pinch
runner Fred Lewis in the seventh after drawing his second free
pass, did collect his first hit in his 20 at-bats against the
Dodgers with a second-inning single, raising his batting average
to .138 (5-for-36) against Los Angeles this season.

"He's just another guy in the lineup," Dodgers starter Brett
Tomko said. "I think our pitchers (have done) a good job
against him all year."

"I think facing Barry raises pitchers' games because they don't
want to give it up," Zito said. "They want to get him out and
have him move on to the next city."

Feliz delivered an RBI single during a three-run first inning
and added an insurance run with another run-scoring base hit in
the seventh to help the Giants notch their sixth win in their
last eight games. In San Francisco's 19 contests since the
All-Star break, the 32-year-old is hitting .319 (23-for-72) with
19 RBI.

"He's just played great baseball for us, defensively and at the
plate," San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. "I said this
earlier - he's one of the most underrated (players) in our
league."

Coming off an abysmal July that saw him go 1-2 with a 7.82 ERA,
Zito (8-10) lasted 5 2/3 innings, yielding one run and seven
hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Zito, who improved to
9-0 with a 2.00 ERA in the 10 games in which San Francisco has
won when he started.

"Right now, it's more important that Barry Zito get a win than
for Barry Bonds to get a record," Bochy said. "Barry Bonds is
going to get it, it's just a matter of time. Z did a great job
tonight. We need that from him."

The three runs the Giants provided for Zito while he was in the
contest marked only the ninth time in 22 starts the offense gave
the lefthander more than two runs of support.

"After we scored the runs in the first inning, you want to shut
them down and show your guys you can build on the lead," Zito
said.

After Zito and reliever Kevin Correia held Los Angeles in check
through seven innings, the Dodgers loaded the bases in both the
eighth and ninth innings against three Giants relievers before
Kline worked around a walk in the final frame to record his
second save in as many chances.

The Giants gave Zito all the support he needed in the first
inning against Tomko (2-9), who allowed five consecutive batters
to reach after retiring leadoff hitter Dave Roberts. Omar
Vizquel singled and scored on Randy Winn's RBI double to post
San Francisco's first run.

"I think I came off too aggressive in the first inning and got
wild," Tomko said. "I was just trying to make quality pitches
and get in a rhythm."

Bonds drew the 2,535th walk of his career and moved to second
when Feliz singled to left to plate Winn and put the Giants
ahead, 2-0. Mark Sweeney was then hit by a pitch before Kevin
Frandsen mercifully ended the stretch with a sacrifice fly that
scored Bonds.

"I was a little wild in the first inning," Tomko said. "I hit
Sweeney (and) gave up a couple of hits, but (I) was able to
settle down after that."

"Pitching with the lead doesn't change the way you want to
pitch," Zito said. "You just want to be aggressive and come out
and attack guys."

San Francisco saw 44 pitches from Tomko in the first while
batting around. Tomko threw 102 pitches in just five frames,
surrendering three runs and five hits with three walks.

"(After) that first inning, despite all the pitches, (Tomko)
really regrouped and made some adjustments," Bochy said.

Russell Martin had two hits and an RBI for the Dodgers, who
dropped their fourth straight series.

"That Martin kid, it seems like he could catch 162 games for
them," Kline said. "He can do it all."